Review #18 | Dumbo

There was a movie that was made after an unsatisfying performance of previous films; it was 'Dumbo'. Here is my review for Dumbo.

Dumbo, 1941

The shortest of Disney's major animated features Dumbo involves a baby elephant with unusually large ears. Ostracized from the rest of the circus animals, poor Dumbo is even separated from his mother, who is chained up in a separate cage after trying to defend her child. Only brash-but-lovable Timothy Mouse offers the hand of friendship to Dumbo, encouraging the pouty pachyderm to exploit his "different" qualities for fame and fortune. After trepidatiously indulging in a vat of booze, Dumbo awakens in a tall tree. Goaded by a group of jive-talking crows, Dumbo discovers that his outsized ears have given him the ability to fly. The musical score by Frank Churchill and Oliver Wallace won Oscars for them both.

With simple animation and comparatively short running time, Dumbo manages to entertain with its story but has a long sequence that has not much value. ‘The Pink Elephant’ sequence was longer than needed. Although it was relatively a short film and didn't feel short.

The ending of the film was satisfying because of his sorrowful past it made more joyful to watch. It will make the audience cheer for Dumbo at the climax. I loved the character Dumbo and Timothy Mouse who helps Dumbo find his way into the world and who later becomes Dumbo’s manager.

Dumbo has a good story but it feels dull and it will not entertain today’s audience very much. But I love going back to the early times of animation and feel the nostalgia of my childhood.

Inside Outside Rating: 49%